Lean Manufacturing Engineer - Junior

Valeo is one of the world´s leading automotive suppliers of components and integrated systems for both the original equipment and aftermarket sectors. As a technology company, Valeo proposes innovative products and systems that contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions, to the improvement of vehicle performance and to the development of intuitive driving.

Thanks to a dynamic and diversified environment, Valeo Spain, certified Top Employer 2019, provides exceptional employee conditions, nurtures and develops talent throughout all levels of organisation, by offering candidates opportunities to develop their potential, to reach their career development goals and to bring their contribution to technological innovations in the automotive industry. Valeo considers its employees to be its most valuable asset. As a result, its HR policy is firmly focused on valuing employees and their development within the Group.

Mission

Job description:

Production Engineer is in charge of monitoring the internal production standards and leading the kaizen activities of the internal flows of his/her APU (Autonomous Production Unit).

Responsibilities

Develop his own competences and skills in tools and methodologies useful for the APU.
Train APU members to VPS tools, standards & methodologies & ensure that VPS (Valeo Production System) standards are known and applied properly.
Ensure that VPS rules are taken into account in new projects at appropriate phase.
Help the APU Manager to keep a continuous improvement mindset, behaviour ; policy whatever the operational situation.
Organize annual VSA (Valeo Stream Analysis) going through the APU and propose the yearly workshops list.
Manage the deployment of audits of production within the APU: manage APU self-assessment with APU members and improvement action plan.
Deploy VPS standards and best practices within the APU.
Permanently help APU Manager to detect and react to non-conformances against VPS standards.